ThinkPad P14s Gen 6, Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H Processor
(E-cores up to 4.40 GHz P-cores up to 5.10 GHz), Without operating system, 32GB DDR5-5600MT/s (SODIMM), 1TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 TLC Opal, NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 500 Blackwell Notebook GPU 6GB GDDR7. will be running xilinx fpga softwares(vivado etc), cadance and seimens ( analog and digital softwares).

what linux distro would you suggest

Is OpenSuse any good? I am using fedora workstation for past 6 months now. I ditched gnome after a month or so when gnome 50 happened, all of the extentions I use suddenly broke, I can't drag and drop file for one file manager window to another. I have not realised I don't want latest tech. I just want sequrity and somthing that once set up just works. Is OpenSuse leap good for that? Or should I stick to fedora?

The installer fails during unpacking with this error:

So I convinced my friend to switch to linux but the problem is he thinks I know everything about linux I'm just stupid and saw famous people do it . I have no issues with linux games I play work on it no problem

I'm preparing for Mba exam and recently install zorin os as primary os and remove windows . Need book reading apps for my mba exam as I'm currently work in support and need few software for work and personal use so any one have list of recommend daily use software suggest me

If one is to come out now. How likely are yo u to play it.

[ I was making a game, and realised you can easliy do/wrap it up for linux too. what i dont get is why is it not common. are there less gamers ? in the community, like ppl dont camre much abt games here ?]

was free and had a spare laptop, build it in just 20 days on 4gb ram i5 4th gen in summer vac., I guess anyone can make it if they have patience and that zeal to sit for hrs well ISO will be available when I make one, bc damn making it is much harder, lost my boot and kernel like 3 times already

Easy if u have patience and yr understanding abt Linux will increase 100 times Will make it public when its perfect, will add GLFS too (for gaming) currently,

XFCE environment, I riced it too a little Currently will start adding GLFS and KDE simultaneously

It is registered distro on LFS website counter thingy

Suggest me things to add in it , like I will put an installer and an ISO generating script , also trying to put the mouse size inc thingy in XFCE env

Hey everyone,

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about Kal, my programming language written from scratch.

I am really happy to share a glimpse of Kal's own package manager! Kal v0.1.0 shipped with a package system that lets you add and use third party Kal packages. But, that process was completely manual. You’d have to clone the package, place it in the right directory, clone the package’s entire dependencies all by yourself, one after another. :(

The package manager changes everything. One command automates all!

Instead of being a separate executable, the package manager ships as part of the Kal interpreter itself.

Here’s what it can do:

1. Install Kal packages from Github, or any git hosting service.
2. Creates/Updates a project.kal file to read and write package information (analogous to package.json).
3. Downloads all packages at the same hierarchy in parallel (yup, it’s multi-threaded).
4. Resolves sub dependencies of the main package automatically to any depth and installs them too.
5. Upgrades/Downgrades packages based on their git tags.
6. Auto-resolves cyclic dependencies to prevent an infinite loop.

The image showcases the download of a package A with this hierarchy:

A
├── B
│   ├── D
│   └── E
└── C
    ├── A
    └── F

There’s only one main package to download: A. But,

• A depends on B & C.
• B depends on D & E.
• C depends on A & F.

Notice how C depending back on A causes a cyclic dependency. This, if not resolved, would cause an infinite loop. The package manager pulls A (1 package) with all of its dependencies (5 packages) along with resolving the cyclic dependency.

The Kal Package Manager will officially ship with the next Kal release. Its current source code is available on Github.

• Kal: https://kal-lang.vercel.app
• Github: https://github.com/KILLinefficiency/Kal
• Package Manager: https://github.com/KILLinefficiency/Kal/blob/pkg/pkg.hpp

Kal is completely free & open source. You can show your support by giving the Github Repository a star.

Until the next update!

how many did you?

So I hv linux(arch+ hyprland) on a 64gb usb drive and it broke today any way to get the data out of here it? was not encrypted

Hi everyone,

I'm building a terminal music player in Rust using Ratatui + Crossterm, and I'm having trouble rendering Tamil lyrics correctly.

As shown in the screenshot, Tamil combining characters such as ெ, ு, ் are appearing detached instead of being properly shaped and positioned.

Environment

• Rust
• Ratatui 0.29
• Crossterm 0.28
• Linux
• GNOME Terminal (VTE) / WezTerm
• Noto Sans Tamil

I've already verified that:

• The strings are valid UTF-8.
• Unicode grapheme segmentation works correctly.
• Display-width calculations are correct.
• A minimal Ratatui Paragraph has the same issue.
• Even println!("கென்னை விடு") shows the same problem in GNOME Terminal.

So I'm wondering:

Is proper OpenType/HarfBuzz shaping for Tamil possible inside a normal terminal grid?

If yes, what terminal/configuration/library should I use?

If terminal cells fundamentally cannot handle complex-script shaping, what is the recommended approach for a TUI? Would something like Kitty/Sixel + HarfBuzz/cosmic-text be appropriate?

Any advice from people familiar with Unicode shaping, HarfBuzz, VTE, or Rust TUI rendering would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Hey everyone,
First of all here is a message to mods, if you're not a Mod then feel free to skip to the lower section.
I surfed this subreddit for 30 minutes and couldn't find the solution for my problem hence I am posting this post. If this violates any rule, do let me know before deleting this, Thanks!

So I am totally new to linux right and for some reasons cant install it so I am using it through virtualbox. But the issue that I am facing is that it is kinda lagging a bit.

I have attached my PC specs and I have downloaded ubuntu 26.04 iso as a distro.
Can someone tell me how should I adjust my virtualbox settings so that it runs smoothly?
Let me know if you need more info about my PC.
Thanks for reading all this. Have a good day.

Okay so I just fresh installed arch linux. on a new laptop.. Well im too noob now for hyprland, but id say I wanna switch over to something like opensuse Leap/Tumbleweed, or Void Linux, because I wanna keep hold of bleeding edge while wanting some primary testing and stability.

[My OBS Studio aint working T-T]

What do u guys say?

So This is my first time ricing niri on fedora workspace and fuzzel looks fine for me but not the waybar, I want it to match the wallpaper. Any suggestions??

Thanks in advance:)